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February 1, 2004 at 7:35 pm in reply to: Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA): Airbus A330-200!?! #2650960

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Hey that’s a nice pic, it must have been really cool to see this formation “live and loud” 🙂

Glad to see the A330 won – because it looks a damn sight better than the 767!

I agree with you (that’s the reason I put a “thumbs up” sign on this thread). 😀

January 31, 2004 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA): Airbus A330-200!?! #2651927

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A330-200 FSTA Riat:

Proximity tests:

Virtual reality, EF2000 + A330-200:

January 28, 2004 at 3:50 pm in reply to: Argentina ! #2655436

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Originally posted by flex297
Any comments about the political situation there? I know about some border clashes between Fuerza Aerea Ecuadoriana and Peruvian AF, but does Argentina have an urgent need for weapons?

Hey Flex,

It’s pretty calm now. Brazil is way more worried about Amazon, thousands of miles from Argentina. Much of the distrust between Argentina and Brazil has gone. Nowadays, there’s a lot economic integration between the two countries.

I don’t know much about Chile/Argertina relations in the recent past (there have been some border clashes in the 80s).

But one thing is sure: Argentinean economy is so bad that probably nobody there would even think about new purchases, mainly because there doesn’t seem to be any “urgent need for weapons”, as you said.

January 26, 2004 at 9:38 pm in reply to: Super Hornet #2657373

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Oh man, those nozzles are always an impressive sight… That’s Russian muscle 😎

January 26, 2004 at 3:00 am in reply to: Super Hornet #2658001

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Seems to me that the rear seat guy is trying to hold something on the cockpit, to avoid being thrown up and down… :p

January 25, 2004 at 11:11 pm in reply to: *Good* article on AWACS and AD #2658125

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Ditto, Yaser 🙂

January 22, 2004 at 2:45 pm in reply to: IAF- news & discussions- MAY 2005 #2662018

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Originally posted by Hyperwarp
So what do you do when you see this?

Give a hand wave of take a picture.
IIRC, it´s written “training” on that missile, so it doesn´t work…:p 😀

PS Sorry for that one, but I couldn´t resist!

January 21, 2004 at 10:19 pm in reply to: Natal Air Base – "The Springboard of Victory" #2662495

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Nice pics Slip/Primer (I had already seen them on DB Forum). 🙂

More about the (weird) Brazilian designation system for the units:
Primer was perfect in his explanation. A bit more:

1º/4º GAv means “1st squadron of the 4th group”. A group is something like a Wing, with a certain number of squadrons, but not necessarily in the same place.

Example:
1º/7º = 1st squadron, 7th group
2º/7º = 2nd squadron, 7th group
3º/7º = 3rd squadron, 7th group
4º/7º = 4th squadron, 7th group

These unit all operate P-95s Bandeirulhas, the Maritime Patrol version of the Bandeirante, and are located in 4 different airbases, thousands of miles aprt from each other.

January 9, 2004 at 1:56 am in reply to: Remember that Flanker pilot who forgot to drop his wheels? #2672277

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Originally posted by frankvw
And YES, a Joystick is necessary, Forget about using the keyboard. But Joystick are cheap nowadays…

Is it necessary to have those rudder pedals? Does anyone of you use that?

Another question: which one would one of you guys suggest me to buy: Flanker 2.5 or LOMAC?

PS good thread guys!

December 27, 2003 at 4:54 pm in reply to: General Discussion #367880

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Dirty James Rackham.

Why? I shower every day…

December 27, 2003 at 4:54 pm in reply to: Whats your pirate name ? #1955402

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Dirty James Rackham.

Why? I shower every day…

December 27, 2003 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Boeing 707 Military Conversions #2681521

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Brazilian Air Force (FAB) KC-137 (converted 707)

Copyright Paul Nann

FAB has four of them (2401, 2402, 2403 and 2404), all bought from Varig Airlines in the eighties, and converted by Boeing in Wichita.

One of them (2401) is also used as Presidential Airplane (whilst retaining its IFR capability), this one being known as “Sucatão” (“big junk”). :p

December 24, 2003 at 3:39 am in reply to: First series built Su-34 makes first flight #2683032

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This last one was pretty interisting, thanks Vympel.

OK, so they said that this last one was a Su-34, and the other seven were Su-32s.

Why is it called “series-built”? Wouldn’t be necessary some kind of Order from VVS to allow one to use this term? :confused:

Does anyone know what kind of upgrade has it undergone?

I found the Chechnya stuff pretty interisting (reminded me of Su-25 / Gratch being tested in combat in Afeganistan).

December 15, 2003 at 1:54 am in reply to: General Discussion #372672

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Motorola V8160 😉
Its only advantage is size. It doesn’t have polyphonic ringtones or color display. My brother’s phone has these kinds of things, but don’t see much use in them. Like Steve said:

I manage to press buttons, talk, and a voice talks back to me. Sometimes it even knows who I am.

December 15, 2003 at 1:54 am in reply to: Mobile Phones #1958898

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Motorola V8160 😉
Its only advantage is size. It doesn’t have polyphonic ringtones or color display. My brother’s phone has these kinds of things, but don’t see much use in them. Like Steve said:

I manage to press buttons, talk, and a voice talks back to me. Sometimes it even knows who I am.
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